I hate to say it since you just bought a book, but you might find that you'll have more luck with a book that is more focused on Perl in general. If that is the book that I am thinking of, it has more to do with how to apply knowledge of Perl to a Win32 environment. Everyone has their favorite, but the book that really got me started was "Perl from the Ground Up" (McMillan publishing, I think). It got me going with the basics, and didn't assume that I already knew anything. Once you're comfortable with the basics (opening, reading, and writing to text files, some pattern matching, etc.), then you might want to look into some more in-depth material (The camel book from O'Reilly is a must have reference book, although it's a little thick to learn from). I never took an official class, so most of what I know is from books and mailing lists like this one. I think you'll find the Perl community is mostly eager to help any beginners, so don't hesitate to submit any questions or problem code. I usually try to help when I can, because there are many problems I never could have solved without the help of some of the people on these lists.
All that being said, good luck with Perl! :) -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Kienberger To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2/3/02 4:39 AM Subject: absolute beginner has questions Hallo, first: I´ve never programmed, bevore. Now i want to start programming with perl. I´ve made the download of a standard perl version for windows. And now I have no idea how to start with a first small programm. I have bought a book about perl, but there is no describtion of how to start. Do i have to write the programm sentences in a normal editor ? How can I make it run with the perl "compiler". Do I have double-click on perl.exe and then write open "name of the editor-file" or how does it work ? If i would know how this first steps would be to do, then i think i could start working with my book "introduction in Perl for win 32". Please help me !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
